arnaque
French, noun
arnaque is spelled A-R-N-A-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arnaque is a French feminine noun meaning “con, rip-off, swindling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of arnaquer. With an accent, arnaqué is a different word: “past participle of arnaquer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Police”.
What does arnaque mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininecon, rip-off, swindling
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of arnaquer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Police. 2. Escroquerie ; tromperie ; œuvre d'un filou. 3. Offre commerciale disproportionnée ou inéquitable, à l'avantage majoritaire du vendeur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of arnaque
- arnaques plural
- arnache alternative
- arnaquée feminine
- arnaqués masculine plural
- arnaquées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to arnaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arnaque in French?
arnaque appears 8.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).